The shamrock design was a tribute to Lin Kostelny, the Warriors’ long-time diving coach who passed away unexpectedly back in September — a tribute to her Celtic fighting spirit and her ever-present “Irish Eyes” smile.

The Warrior divers also honored their late coach with their strong performances on the board at the large annual multi-school meet — offering testament that she is gone but not forgotten.

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When the cut was made to 16 divers for the semifinal round, six of the 16 remaining divers were Methacton girls — Devyn Moore, Ellie Schmidt, Natalie Damato, Emily Rieder, Lauren Hunt and Sam Lavrich.

Additionally, two other Warrior divers finished in the top 20 — Dana Arcangelo and Dylan Moore. Impressively, all eight of the Methacton divers were underclassmen.

When the cut was made to 12 divers for the final round of the meet at Perkionmen Valley High’s pool, four of the 12 divers were from Methacton.

Finally, when it was time for the top three finishers to step up and receive their medals, Methacton was still there.

Lavrich claimed the silver medal with a score of 410.60 — sandwiched between West Chester Rustin’s Nickie Griesemer at 431.50 and West Chester Henderson’s Erin Schaeffer at 399.35.

“My inward dive was good,” said Lavich, a junior. “It was clean and I got high scores. My back twister felt pretty good. I had good spin. On my back-and-a-half, I got high and my entry was pretty clean. And, I did a two-and-a-half for the first timer tonight.”

The finishes posted by Methacton’s other divers in the top 16 were seventh by Hunt, eighth by Rieder, 12th by Damatao, 14th by Schmidt and 16th by Moore.

Methacton’s boys also dove at a level that would have made Kostelny proud.

Danny Roy snagged the silver medal with a score of 461.70 and was topped only the 503.30 posted by Rustin’s Liam Fitzgerald, who entered the meet as defending champion and pool record holder. His younger brother Kevin Roy placed seventh with a total of 315.60 points.

“My best dive was my front two-and-one-half tuck,” said Dan Roy. “It was just up in the air and straight in — a good clean dive. I was happy with most of my dives. It was a very good meet for me — very consistent.”

Perkiomen Valley’s boys were led by Chase Ott, who won the bronze medal with a score of 412.60.

“My best dives were my back double and my one-and-one-half front,” said Ott, a senior who is headed to the University of Delaware in the fall. “My one-and-one-half front was my best so far. It’s always been my go-to dive. I had a pretty good reverse double too. I got it in clean — just how I wanted it.”

On the girls’ side, the Vikings’ top scorer was Morgan Christman, who just missed a medal when she placed fourth at 381.60. Perk Valley’s other divers in Thursday night’s meet were Maura Cunningham, who checked in at number 18, and Callie Korbisch, who finished 21st.